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Chest cover (yutan)
Japanese
Edo period
19th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Silk twill-weave ground with silk discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts tied down with supplementary warps in twill-weave
Dimensions
Height x width: 23 5/8 x 20 1/2 in., 21.6 cm (60 x 52.1 cm, 8 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number21.248
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionChest cover (yutan) constructed of five panels sewn together to form a box with overall design of hexagon lozenge pattern (kikko-mon) surrounding Chinese flowers (karahana) in white, yellow, orange, green and blue silk discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts on a reddish-orange silk twill ground. At the center of each panel is a large peony and leaf motif in white silk discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts. Used with 21.247
ProvenanceGift to MFA on March 3, 1921